Armed Bluejackets Ashore: US Navy Landing Guns 1850-1942

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In a series of imperial adventures in the mid— to late nineteenth century, often in cooperation with the Royal Navy, the United States Navy put armed landing parties ashore in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Their purpose was chiefly to protect Americans and their national interests, but such parties a...